2007-03-04 17:13:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Kikkoman is good and pretty cheap.
2007-03-04 17:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Magister 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light and dark are the two main types of soy sauce used in Chinese cooking. The dark sauce has a heavier flavor, while the light sauce is saltier. Both can be found at Asian markets. However, some people prefer to use other soys such as Kikkoman, which is neither as heavy or salty.
If you are on a sodium-restricted diet, try one of the low sodium brands and don't add any other salt to the dish. Persons with soy intolerance (similar to lactose intolerance) may want to try using a bouillon cube mixed with a few tablespoons of boiled water as a substitute.
2007-03-04 17:17:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know two types of soy sauce.
One is shoyu (show-you): Japanese soy sauce which is salty. The most common brand is indeed Kikkoman.
The other is Kecap (catch-up): Known in South-east Asian especially Malayan countries as a sweet, thick and sticky soy sauce. Well-known brand is ABC.
My mom makes terrific teriyaki burger patties using a both soy sauces to marinate the ground beef.
2007-03-04 17:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by sk|TTLes™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the Asian market, the name of the soy sauce has two words and one of them is the word "Swan". There is a picture of a swan on the red and white label. It's a large bottle. This is a high quality soy sauce. Might be Silver Swan?
2007-03-04 17:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by itry007 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally prefer Kikkoman soy sauce because it is all natural, has no chemicals or preservatives and is made in a waste free factory. I temp-ed at thier factory in Folsom, Ca, and I was really impressed with how clean the factory is and the fact that they produce no wastes (whatever is left from making soy sauce is sold to farmers who feed it to thier cows).
2007-03-04 19:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by lala11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Cooks Magazine, Jan-Feb 2007 (pg 27) there were two winners on their taste test of soy sauces:
1) LEE *** KEE Tabletop Soy Sauce ($1.99 for 5.1 oz) "With rice its flavor was described as "salty, sweet, roasted, pleasant, and fruity"
2) OHSAWA NAMA SHOYU Organic Unpasteurized Soy Sauce ($6.49 for 10 oz) "Clean, caramel, rich and nuanced, sweet and dimensional" It is also low in Sodium.
One brand they recommended to avoid was LA CHOY Soy Sauce. It was described as "gross, nasty, bicycle lubricant"
2007-03-04 17:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by eyedoc999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry that this isn't an answer to your question...but this is really funny! My 3 year old niece and my family were at Applebee's and she got a free sundae. She refused to eat it screaming that there was "soy" on it. It took us all a minute to realize that she wasn't claiming it was soy ice cream, but she thought that the chocolate syrup on it was SOY SAUCE!! LOL. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. What 3 year old knows what soy sauce is....lol.
2007-03-04 17:20:00 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki W 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The only thing I like that la choy makes is soy sauce. I prefer it to kikkoman's. The rest of la choy food is vile bilge.
2007-03-04 17:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
light soy sauce has less salt, this is far better for you as you are probably adding more sauces to a recipe and for sure they will be salty as well.
2007-03-04 17:17:29 · answer #9 · answered by Val K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vouch for Lee *** Kee, it is a very well-known traditional brand in Asia. My mum uses no other brand of soy sauce (yes, she prefers this to kikoman) because it is more fragrant instead of just being salty.
2007-03-08 15:40:24 · answer #10 · answered by an_an 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La Choy soy sauce is good. Kikkoman is ok, too.
2007-03-04 17:22:36 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋